The Best-Dressed Person at Fashion Week Is 9 Years Old

Commenting on the fact that the front rows of Fashion Week seem to be getting younger every season is usually a telltale sign that you’re getting old. But in this case, you’d just be stating a fact. Ivan Zinko, the 9-year-old son of Ukrainian-born, London-based designer Natasha Zinko, is by far one of the youngest street-style stars Fashion Week has ever seen, next to Abe Chabon and a few other under-17 legends. Ivan has been sitting with his mom at the women’s shows in Paris this season in ’fits from the likes of Raf Simons, Balenciaga, and Vetements, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. He also wears pint-size versions of his mom’s clothes, as any good son would.

Natasha brought Ivan along to Fashion Week as they are in the process of debuting a clothing line they collaborated on for kids, called DUO. It consists of tailored sweats, Balenciaga-like denim jackets, and studded baseball caps. Stuff you wouldn’t find at the Gap, to be sure. Natasha herself is a Central Saint Martins grad who sells her whimsical clothes and fine jewelry to stores like Net-a-Porter and Matches Fashion. She’s also something of a street-style star herself, with curly red hair and clothes that only insiders can get their hands on.

When it isn’t Fashion Week, Ivan is just like any other 9-year-old. He likes basketball, skateboarding, and Rihanna. He takes pictures of his food and his friends at the mall. In order to clear up any lingering confusion, he spells it out for his Instagram followers in his bio: “Yep, I’m a kid.” A kid, maybe, but we wouldn’t be mad if Ivan became a Fashion Week regular. He’s a reminder of what fashion is supposed to be about: fun, acceptance, and wearing really, really good leather jackets.